Classroom Practices and Culture Discussion
Please address the following prompts thoughtfully and in your own words: Review your classroom management style, policies, routines, and consequences in light of this session. Do they avoid assigning blame or guilt to students who may be demonstrating their traumatic and/or adverse childhood experiences? Was there a process of mutual agreement? What is the level of students’ sense of personal responsibility related to following classroom norms rather than a motivation of fear of punishment or seeking of extrinsic rewards? How might you apply principles in this session to further foster a brave space for you and students, many of whom have trauma from which they are recovering, to practice needed reflection, critical inquiry, affirming of students’ complex identities, and challenging ideas and beliefs that perpetuate and/or internalize inequity? Reflecting on the videos, in the context of the written components of this session, provide at least one striking point from each video that you consider as important to informing your classroom practices and culture, specifically as it relates to meeting the needs of trauma-surviving students.